"Spike Lee brought three decades of fans to Kickstarter when he launched his project. He introduced many of them to this new way of funding creative works, and to the thousands of other projects that are funding on Kickstarter," reads the post, titled "The Truth About Spike Lee and Kickstarter."

According to the post, 47 percent of Lee's backers had never donated to a Kickstarter project before. The Kickstarter team also also rebuffed accusations that this was an example of the site acting as charity for the wealthy.

"This isn’t charity. It’s a direct exchange between an artist and a willing audience, similar to the model Mozart and others used to fund works centuries ago," the post reads.

"It's a misconception and it's plain-out wrong with a capital W that because [a donor] backs my film for $5, that was $5 that a young filmmaker was gonna get. And that logic does not follow through," Lee said in a YouTube video.

Lee is the latest in a string of high-profile artists turning to Kickstarter. Zach Braffraised $3.1 million in May for his next directorial effort, Wish I Was Here, and Rob Thomas raised $5.7 million for a Veronica Mars movie before that.

Lee's project, which accepts pledges until 12:15 p.m. ET Wednesday, currently has more than $1.3 million. Kickstarter takes five percent of all funds raised.